He could be killed this year. |
It is entirely fitting that victim survivors be heard in the criminal justice system, but a criminal trial is not an occasion for national grief and mourning. We need to separate national catharsis from the criminal justice system, otherwise we have the justice of the mob. |
It may be more than the law should expect of the human beings who sit on juries. |
It's not news that a guilty man was executed. I think it would be very silly for supporters of the death penalty to claim any vindication. |
No one is ever going to be executed under this bill. People are so horrified by a particular crime, and they want to wrap themselves in the feeling of indignation that the public understandably experiences. |
One would hope this would stiffen the spine of other governors. |
The defense has not been blowing smoke in raising issues of competency. I think they have very serious reasons to believe that his thinking is disordered. |